Agile Project Manager

Description

Job Description NC FAST requires the services of an Agile Project Manager to assist with development and implementation of NC FAST Project 3.This Agile Project Manager must be very well organized and able to manage multiple technical, business, test and training teams. The Project Manager is responsible for managing project timelines, resources, quality and risk; including, milestone planning and reporting, project budget tracking, budget analysis, project staffing, status reporting, change requests, and other basic project administration activities. Project duties include requirements gathering, guiding internal customers through the project life cycle, and supporting golive and postimplementation support. The position requires a strong blend of Project Management business analysis and technical experience and the ability to work well in a team environment, as well as skills to facilitate communication, team focus, influence, service oriented, problem solving, analytic thinking, planning, personal development and decisiveness. Using these attributes, the candidate will communicate individual roles and project/program expectations for both internal and external teams, develop detailed project plans and schedules, provide work direction and leadership to assigned projects or programs including sub projects and at times, individual project members; including scheduling, assignment of work and review of project efforts. This position also monitors and audits project or program milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy of project schedule and identifies ways to resolve schedule issues, provides required project status reporting, assesses variances from the project plan, gathers metrics, and develops and implements changes as necessary to ensure that the project remains within specified scope and is within time, cost, and quality objectives. Required/Desired Skills Required 5yrs Experience organizing meetings, maintaining project plans, budgets and status reports; providing feedback on standards and approaches to the work. Required 5yrs Experience with Agile and other structured methodologies (i.e., Scrum, Waterfall, Iterative, RUP, or PMI). Required 5yrs Experience with Project Management tools, including MS Project, JIRA, Crucible, Fisheye, and SharePoint.Required 5yrs Demonstrated ability to enlist support across functional teams within a matrix organization to obtain results. Required 5yrs Working knowledge of Project Management Standards common in project management methodology.Required 5yrs Expertise in using MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint. Required 5yrs Demonstrated experience using analytical and creative problemsolving skills.